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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 1, 2011

  Cuba combating cancer

CANCER is the second cause of death in Cuba, with approximately 18,000 deaths and 28,000 new cases per year. National estimates confirm that the incidence of this disease in a country of 11 million inhabitants is on the rise due to phenomena such as addiction to tobacco and alcohol....... [view]

Posted By:  sarahintheworld
Posted On:  Mar 8, 2010

  Carne de la Calle

As a quick update, everything is great with me!! I have been eating quite a lot of street meat (and vegetables, like lettuce on my hamburgers, which are, apparently, worse), and street candy, and have not had any traveler's sickness yet (I attribute this to years of floorcandy and shared drinks,...... [view]

Posted By:  sarahintheworld
Posted On:  Feb 10, 2010

  Ready to go!

7 needles and 2 doses of dukoral. I was actually finished with all that last Monday, but have not had any time (due to trip planning, and terrible anxiety) to update. Actually, I think I started to blog about that, but got distracted when I went to look up the cost of plane tickets. Anyway....... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Jul 17, 2008

  Making vaccines more accessible

flickr image courtesy of phitar While at a conference for my job last year, I saw a small anti-vaccine protest in front of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. The protesters were there claiming that one of the components in vaccines, mercury thimerosal, causes autism, an...... [view]

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